Psychiatry: Neurodevelopment Flashcards
what is ADHD ? characterised by what ? (3)
neurodevelopment disorder characterised by:
- inattention
- hyperactivity
- impulsiveness
how does ADHD often present to health care ?
due to poor school performance or sorptive behaviour
describe ADHD symptoms ? characters by the 3 domains
- inattention: difficult maintaining focus on thought/ task, easily distracted, task avoidance, signore instruction, lose things, disorganised, forgetfull
- Hyperactivity: energetic, difficulty sitting still/ withholding impulsions
- Impulsiveness: talk excessively, blurt out answers, can’t wait turn, interrupt
ADHD Dx ? requirements ? how long Sx for ? Sx onset ?
functionally imparting inattention, hyperacitivy and or impulsiveness (in 2 or more settings) for more than 6 monts
- young at onset (<12 yrs)
first line ADHD managment in children ? second line
(6-18)
- stimulant (methylphenidate), psychoeducation, +/- behavioural therapy
- 2nd line: different class of stimulant (amphetamine)
how do stimulants work ind ADHD Mx ?
increase dopamine and NAd => improve attention + hyperactivity
SE of ADHD Mx ?
methylphendate, amphetamine salts
- SE: growth restriction, appetite suppression, insomnia, addiction
What is ASD ? characterised by what ? (2)
neurodevelopemtnal disorder characterised by:
- difficulty in social communication/interaction
- Restricted interest/activites
ASD Dx ?
difficulty in social communication + restricted interest/activity present since early childhood => impairing function (exclude other causes)
what are some of the social communication Sx associated with ASD ? difficulty with what ?
- used of language (verbal + non-verbal) difficulties): delayed speech dev (or mute), struggle understanding + using body language/facial expression), only literal
- difficulty with: reprocity, turn-taking and sharing
describe the restricted/repetitiv pattern associated with ASD ?
insistence upon sameness
- same food/activies
- special interest
what other symptoms might there be in ASD ?
- sensory disturabce
- Savantism
- reduced cognition (I think)
ASD epi ?
0.1-2%
- M>F (x4)
ASD Mx ?
- behavioural therapy
- speech and language therapy
what is a somatisation or somatiform disorder ?
body based/somatic sx (pain, nausea, SOB)
- resemble physical disorder but actually psychological (no pathology)
what is somatic disorder ? Dx ?
- somatic Sx
- medically unexplained
- accompanied by maladaptive thoughts + feelings: anxiety, time + energy
name some of the common presentation is somatic disorder ? most common ?
pain, fatigue, dizziness, stiffness, palpitations, N+V
- pain is actually experiences (not fake)
- GI tract most common presentation (diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation)
(chronic and impairing)
Somatic Symptom disorder Mx ? (3)
- CBT
- Mindfullness based therpy
- Antidepressants
somatisation RF ? (3)
- female
- sexual or physical assualt
- ACEs
What is illness anxiety disorder ? associated with what ? describe this
obsessional preoccupation that one has a medical disease
- under ocd spectrum: obsessive thought (belief that ill) => impulsive behaviour (check sings + Sx) => distress + dystfuciton => repeat
how illness anxiety disorder different to somatic Sx disorder ?
somatic Sx disorder is focus on Sx where illness anxiety is stress is not about the Sx but the disease (will make condition worse when no Dx found)
What is conversion disorder ? aka ? link with what ?
functional neurologic disorder
- clinically unexplained abnormality of nervous system brought on by stressful trigger (Sx not faked)
- link with dissociative disorders
conversion disorder Px ?
similar to somatic Sx disorder however is specifically neuro
- weakness, blindness, numbness, loss of function
conversion disorder Mx ?
education on disorder (but do not imply that they are lying)